[8] A typical voyage is that of the brigantine "Sanderson" of Newport. She was fitted out in March, 1752, and carried, beside the captain, two mates and six men, and a cargo of 8,220 gallons of rum, together with "African" iron, flour, pots, tar, sugar, and provisions, shackles, shirts, and water. Proceeding to Africa, the captain after some difficulty sold his cargo for slaves, and in April, 1753, he is expected in Barbadoes, as the consignees write. They also state that slaves are selling at L33 to L56 per head in lots. After a stormy and dangerous voyage, Captain Lindsay arrived, June 17, 1753, with fifty-six slaves, "all in helth & fatt." He also had 40 oz. of gold dust, and 8 or 9 cwt. of pepper. The net proceeds of the sale of all this was L1,324 3_d._ The captain then took on board 55 hhd. of molasses and 3 hhd. 27 bbl. of sugar, amounting to L911 77_s._ 21/2_d._, received bills on Liverpool for the balance, and returned in safety to Rhode Island. He had done so well that he was immediately given a new ship and sent to Africa again. _American Historical Record_, I. 315-9, 338-42. [9] _Ibid._, I. 316. [10] _American Historical Record_, I. 317. [11] _Ibid._, I. 344; cf. Weeden, _Economic and Social History of New England_, II. 459. [12] Cf. _New England Register_, XXXI. 75-6, letter of John Saffin _et al._ to Welstead. Cf. also Sewall, _Protest_, etc. [13] The number of slaves in New Hampshire has been estimated as follows: In 1730, 200. _N.H. Hist. Soc. Coll._, I. 229. " 1767, 633. _Granite Monthly_, IV. 108. " 1773, 681. _Ibid._ " 1773, 674. _N.H. Province Papers_, X. 636. " 1775, 479. _Granite Monthly_, IV. 108. " 1790, 158. _Ibid._ [14] _N.H. Province Papers_, IV. 617. [15] _Granite Monthly_, VI. 377; Poore, _Federal and State Constitutions_, pp. 1280-1. [16] Cf. _The Body of Liberties_, Sec. 91, in Whitmore, _Bibliographical Sketch of the Laws of the Massachusetts Colony_, published at Boston in 1890. [17] _Mass. Col. Rec._, II. 168, 176; III. 46, 49, 84. [18] Weeden, _Economic and Social History of New England_, II. 456. [19] _Mass. Province Laws, 1705-6_, ch. 10. [20] _Ibid._, _1728-9_, ch. 16; _1738-9_, ch. 27. [21] For petitions of towns, cf. Felt, _Annals of Salem_ (1849), II. 416; _Boston Town Records, 1758-69_, p. 183. Cf. also Otis's anti-slavery speech in 1761; John Adams, _Works_, X. 315. For proceedings, see _House Journal_, 1767, pp. 353, 358, 387, 390, 393, 408, 409-10, 411, 420. Cf. Samuel Dexter's answer to Dr. Belknap's inquiry, Feb. 23, 1795, in Deane (_Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll._, 5th Ser., III. 385). A committee on slave importation was appointed in 1764. Cf. _House Journal_, 1763-64, p. 170.